2227. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 27 November 2025, where a medical profession has sought to be regulated by CORU under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended),where a decision not to regulate such a profession at this juncture has been made, the process by which her Department has arrived at such a decision and rationale for …
2228. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 27 November 2025, if she is aware of an organisation (details supplied), representing a healthcare profession that has been seeking to be regulated for over 15 years; whether it is proposed to regulate this profession as requested; the specific reasons why no progress has been made on this request; her views that no…
2229. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of athletic therapy as a profession; the qualifications required to become a certified athletic therapist; the medical conditions which such therapists are qualified to manage and the difference between athletic therapy and physiotherapy; the potential for both professions to be employed by the health care sector to help reduce waiting lists fo…
2299. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74980/25]
2300. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74986/25]
2301. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74987/25]
2323. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently review the position in respect of staff in the health services that are unable to attend for work on account of having long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75136/25]
2333. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to assist in making all hospitals in Ireland autism friendly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75187/25]
2359. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the new Killarney Community Hospital building will be handed over to the HSE (details supplied); if an application to register the new community hospital been submitted to HIQA; when residents will be able to move into their new home; when they, their families and/or advocates will be informed of this date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
2361. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to immediately publish the North Kerry and South Kerry CAMHS Lookback reviews, respectively; if agreement has been reached with all north and south Kerry victims respectively, in regard to compensation, counselling, and all other entitlements; the number of cases that have been settled in north and south Kerry, respectively; the number who have received their …
2362. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the needs of a person (details supplied) and their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1102/26]
2364. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she plans to put a system in place, whereby any incremental rise in the old age pension, is matched by a similar rise in the qualifying income criteria for the medical card to ensure no recipient is disadvantaged by the rise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1107/26]
2379. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason there is only one oxygen supplier under the DPS scheme; if she is considering approving more suppliers to improve competition and access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1216/26]
2380. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the electronic reimbursement system for oxygen will be introduced; the reason oxygen reimbursement is still lagging other medical services under the DPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1217/26]
2381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are currently unable to get reimbursement for oxygen due to the fact that payments can only be made by cheque; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1218/26]
2382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if her Department has statistics on the number of patients who need oxygen but who do not hold a medical card; the number of patients who apply each year for reimbursement of oxygen costs through the DPS scheme without a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1219/26]
2635. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to significantly increase the local improvement scheme (LIS) grant to Kerry County Council so as to clear the existing priority list (approximately 600 schemes) and allow for the LIS Scheme to reopen to new applications for the hundreds of roads that are in an extremely poor condition; and if he will make a statement …
10. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address the shortfall in respite beds across Kerry for both adults and children; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72807/25]
188. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware that financial advisers, tax consultants, accountants, and legal professionals widely regard the taxation regime for exchange-traded funds as unnecessarily complex and opaque; if he will consider addressing this issue, including through the possible deletion of Chapter 2, Part 27 of the Tax Acts; and if he will make a statement on t…
209. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to increase the inheritance tax threshold from €400,000 to €500,000 to account for increased asset values in both agriculture and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73183/25]
286. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment where Ireland lies in the construction of offshore windfarms, whether built, in the course of being built, or planned; the criteria that attach to having a successful planning permission (distance from shore, visibility, and so on); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73495/25]
345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sheriff warrants issued by the Revenue Commissioners in 2024; the total amount of tax involved in these warrants; whether any service-level agreement exists between the Revenue Commissioners and the sheriffs regarding the level of sheriff costs charged to taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69524/25]
442. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73458/25]
443. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in view of the breakdown in talks, she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73460/25]
444. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an additional accommodation scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73468/25]